The role of cash flows and accruals in explaining security returns: evidence for the UK

European Accounting Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 629-652

  Charitou, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0346126043     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638189700000005     Document Type: Article

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